Leslie Nobile has dedicated most of her professional career to helping the Internet grow and expand. She currently serves as ARIN’s Senior Director, Trust and Public Safety where she leads ARIN’s global engagement program with criminal and civil law enforcement, public safety communities, and related governmental and non-governmental organizations. Her role supports ARIN’s mission of helping to ensure that the Internet remains open, stable, and secure.

Leslie’s work encompasses trust-based collaboration with global law enforcement and industry partners, capacity building and training, and providing subject matter expertise in a variety of areas related to ARIN and the Regional Registry System, the Internet eco-system, network fraud and abuse and public policy. Her current portfolio includes national and international law enforcement agencies as well as various global trust groups and industry partners such as the Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG) and the National Cyber Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA).

Leslie has over 30 years of technical and operations management experience in the Internet industry. She began her career supporting the expansion of the Defense Data Network (DDN) before transitioning into the Domain Name and Internet Protocol Number registry worlds. She has been a contributing author to RFCs, Internet Society (ISOC) articles, and other industry publications, and has been actively involved in the global coordination of Internet addressing policy. She currently serves as the Co-Chair of M3AAWG’s Names and Numbers Committee and is a member of the Public Safety Coordination Group (PSCG), a joint RIR coordination group.

Leslie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the American University in Washington, D.C. and has completed continuing education credits in various technical and management programs.